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Thread #172758 Message #4190981
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
16-Oct-23 - 05:07 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Irish Tune from Daniel Boone Series
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Irish Tune from Daniel Boone Series
With a shout out to my 5g grandmother, Daniel's sister, Sarah. That branch of the tree is Cornish & Welsh.
The show was highly fictionalized with very little historical accuracy. [wiki]
That said, according to Hoyle, Garryowen is for the lyrics. A period fife tune “might” be Auld Bessie, pushing it back to a more plausible c.1780.